Microsoft Bluetooth and Keyboard issues.

[.Lethal]

I've just installed Windows Vista 64-BIT Ultimate edition for the first time. On a side note it is great, first impressions was that it tended to be a little slower than XP (my PC is not great though and I am yet to get all the updates).

Anyway I made a thread weeks back about my X-FI not working on XP and my mobo. First thing I tried was to connect the card and try the drivers. To my great suprise they worked without a hitch and sound good.

Now to my problem. I went to instal my Wireless keyboard and mouse and had no problems with the mouse (as I choose to not use a passkey). I cant select "do not use passkey" for the keyboard as its just not possible as people will know with wireless keyboards.

Does anyone know why I cant get Bluetooth to accept my keyboard? it finds the keyboard OK it just does not want to accept my passkey no matter what I enter. I have tried 0000 and 0001 and lots of other random ones. I have also tried letting Windows assign the passkey and no luck.

I am using a Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth Keyboard and the bluetooth is the one that came with the keyboard.. both Microsoft

 

[.Lethal]

I do not have any bluetooth devices myself as I have no need for them. But I have set-up various devices for my dad.

He got a bluetooth adapter for his phones, instead of specifying a passkey try randomly creating one.

Then create a paring with the keyboard and adapter.

how do I create a pairing?

 

[.Lethal]

Scrap that you are getting confused with phones. This is a keyboard I'm trying to connect. Slightly different process. You dont paid them as you would with a mobile phone, its a little bit different.. hard to explain.

I have used this keyboard time and time again I have only just installed Vista.

The mouse is installed fine with bluetooth as I did not have to specify a passcode. However, I do with the keyboard.

The Keyboard I cannot get to accept the passkey no matter what I try. 0000, 000000, 1234 etc etc selecting random key to be generated also fails. I have searched google for HOURS now and people have said they have similar problems but it looks like none have been resolved.

I am kicking myself because this happend before when I tried the beta of windows vista over a year ago and somehow I got a fix around it. For the life of me I cannot remember it. SOMEONE out there must have some sort of idea!?!?!

EDIT: Found my post about this previously with Vista and that fix idea does not work for me. I am totally at a loss now. sigh.

EDIT: First one to help fix this problem will receive £5 via paypal!